Pooka
Honedge
#12/216 in XY Black Star Promos, Promo, 50 HP, Metal, illustrated by 5ban Graphics.
- Card number
- #12/216
- Rarity
- Promo
- HP
- 50 HP
- Type
- Metal
- Language
- English
- Release date
- October 12, 2013
- Illustrator
- 5ban Graphics
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Collector Notes
Honedge
Honedge appears in the English print of XY Black Star Promos, released on October 12, 2013. Honedge is a promo rarity and 50 HP. The XY Black Star Promos set contains 216 cards.
Artist Info
This card's illustration was created by 5ban Graphics.
Collector Insights
Honedge is a Metal-type Pokémon with 50 HP. It requires two Colorless Energy to retreat and has a converted Retreat cost of 2. The card features a single attack named Slash, which costs Metal and Colorless Energy and deals 20 damage. A secondary attack, Swords Dance, uses one Colorless Energy to boost the next Slash attack's base damage by 40 during the player's subsequent turn. Honedge resists Psychic-type attacks by 20 and is weak to Fire-type attacks with double damage. The card is part of the XY series, specifically the XY Black Star Promos set, released on October 12, 2013. Its artist is 5ban Graphics, and it carries the promo rarity designation. The flavor text describes Honedge as a Pokémon born when a departed spirit inhabits a sword, attaching itself to people and consuming their life force. This card reflects the Pokémon's thematic connection to blades and spectral entities.
Apparently this Pokémon is born when a departed spirit inhabits a sword. It attaches itself to people and drinks their life force.
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